Chance of a lifetime

June 13th 2008. This day will be written in World history for ages as the day that changed World Cinema. A day that only a privileged few get to witness during their lifetime.

A day that is equivalent to a miracle of nature but bears the hard work of thousands of people. A day when even the Gods would descend down on the Earth to witness the event, the spectacle, that may not even repeat itself before the end of the World at Armageddon.

The event being the release of Padmasri Kamal Haasan and K S Ravikumar’s Magnum Opus, Dasavathaaram. After 22 months of pre-production, production and post-production, the film is finally to grace theaters.

Frankly, I am not exaggerating at all. It may not be possible for another actor to successfully essay 11 roles. Definitely not in Indian Cinema. There is a remote chance that Hollywood might try to break this record.

The reservations start from Sunday, June 8th 2008. The good news is that I’m going first day surely. I will have to take someone along. Any show, any denomination Sathyam Cinemas. Anyone willing? I think I can accomodate one more person surely, maybe two if possible. Temme in the comments about your availability.

Yours Skeptically,

uleadin

P.S. This is not illicit selling of tickets (like my dad opined) as I’m just asking people if they can come with me. Standard ticket rates apply.

Random Thoughts: LVS’ blog

LVS has been quite a friend and I’ve been reading all his blog posts for a long time. I have noted two facts for a long time and somehow I couldn’t post on it till now. So, here it is.

Fact 1: There are always more females commenting on his posts than males. This might imply that he has more female friends than male friends. But then, I don’t want to specifically state anything here.

Fact 2: There were times when there were more female scraps on each page in his scrapbook*.

I am not saying that having more friends of the opposite gender is wrong. I’m just saying that for a fellow like LVS, who usually tries to act girl shy, this is a sort of a startling revelation to the outside world!

Great work LVS!

Keep it going!

Yours Skeptically,

uleadin

P.S. This marks a special trend where I start the post with a link. I’m also planning to sign off with a HTML signature instead of my handle . I know! I know! Sounds too hi-fi!

*A special thanks to Aditya for enlightening me with this fact by giving me details and analysis that even Google Analytics would not be able to.

Just Coffee?!

I am sure all of you/us would have given a thought about a perfect soul-mate. It’s perfectly normal to do so. [No tealie! This ain't a post targeting you!]

The process of matrimony, like any other domestic process, has also become computerized (to an extent) now although the commitment called Life still hasn’t!

OK! OK! I’ll cut down on the abstractness!

There are popular matrimony sites like BharatMatrimony, SimplyMarry, Shaadi and all. The thing with these sites is that one needs to register for an account, has to give all account details including a photo and has to scavenge for other accounts based on tags such as caste, religion, language etc.

[I know it sounds a lot similar to what people do on Orkut! oh! PSP! We could use more gyan here!]

The problem with such services is that all your profile details are pretty much vulnerable to the outside world. I’m sure anyone would feel insecure giving out personal details on the Internet to find a life partner. There is a chance that such details are misused.

I had just come across this site called SirfCoffee. It’s a very interesting idea. All you have to do is register just like on any other site. The advantage here is that you don’t have a ‘public’ profile like in other services. Instead, the service provider maintains your profile privately and handpicks people who might suit you by carefully reading through your profile. This way your privacy is also maintained and the chances of you getting a perfect-match are more. It doesn’t stop there. The service provider also arranges for a coffee date between the two people. But, you have to take it from there on.

I liked the idea instantly. But then, this cannot be scaled up to a large extent as it wouldn’t be possible to hand-process applications beyond a certain number of applicants. You can find more details on the service including a good explanation of the various phases of the service on the website.

Yours Skeptically,

uleadin

P.S. I didn’t go searching for my soul-mate. Vijay just tweeted the URL and I casually visited thinking it was another version of the Open Coffee Club.